Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2015

Dear
friends,

a
little while ago I came across a saying, I cannot get out of my mind
ever since: „Grandmothers are just antique little girls“.

Rambler "Albertine"

Noooo,
I'm no grandmother yet, nor have I any ambition in becoming a
grandmother any time soon – I
do hope my sons read this post!
But this saying leaves me a little thoughtful. Cause, as a matter of
fact, I feel more like a little girl now,
than I have ever felt when I was one.

That's me on the 19th May 1977 - I was 6 at the time...

I
seem to live more intensely and have more fun in being alive now,
than 40-odd years ago. I thoroughly enjoy the simple pleasure of life
itself and the pleasures of life (I know this sounds ridiculous), of
having my beloved ones around me (human and feline), of feeling the
wind in my hear, the sun on my skin, the delicate touch of water on
my face, of hearing the patter of rain on the roof, the songs of the
birds, the humming of the bees, the purring of a cat, the whispering
of the grass, the murmuring of the leaves, the sparkle of laughter,
and the soft kiss of my lover (true – this was not quite a topic 40
years ago).

"Marie Curie"

And
I simply love the pleasure, the silent pride and bone-deep
satisfaction of creating things with my own hands, watching these
things come about and grow and turn out into something I can hardly
believe I made it myself!

Well,
I'm no grandmother yet, nor am I (yet) antique, but deep inside I
definitely am a little girl! A happy little girl! And I intend on
staying like this for a veeery long time (till I'm approx. 99 years
old - by that time I'll probably be happy in simply being
antique...)!

"Marietherese"

And
this little girl loves roses (comes to that – just flowers in
general), kittens, sparkling odds and ends, lace, frills and ruffles and other beautiful things such as...

Montag, 22. Juni 2015

Dear
Friends,

Last
weekend I've spent most of my spare time in the studio. It's cold
outside and raining most of the time, hard to believe it's summer!
But I'm not going to whine about the weather, as I did manage to get
something finished – finally.

This
wreath-to-be has been lying around in the cupboard for quite a long time. I
crocheted the jacket for the polystyrene ring last summer and made a
lot of flowers too, but they simply would not fit together, no matter
how hard I tried!

Last
Tuesday though Daniela from “Gemacht mit Liebe” posted a link on
facebook. I liked the butterflies right away. The pattern is
indeed as easy as Daniela told, so when I got started on Friday, it
did not take long till I had made a few...

Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2015

Hi
there!

I've
not been all this lucky these last few weeks. First those terrible
headaches, than that horrible tooth (incl. operation) and since
Friday gastric flu. Hence I've not been enjoying the garden nor the
sun last weekend, but was feeling pretty miserable in bed.

Must
have been because of the fever that I posted the first part of the
mandala-pattern the way I did. Meanwhile I've done a thorough
revision with better pictures etc.

My
tummy and I still are not on good terms yet and my knees are rather
wobbly but I'm on sick-leave till Thursday. Therefore I've got my
legs up, I'm sipping tea and still mineral water, nibbling the odd
bit of banana or toast, lazily crocheting this and that...

Yesterday
I did manage to turn a long finished piece of crochet into something
useful. You will probably recognize Lucy's (Attic24) Blooming FlowerCushion. That pattern is so lovely. If you haven't tried it so far,
you definitely should!

One
step at a time I'm getting on with the other parts of the
mandala-pattern, therefore: I'll keep in touch!

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English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.